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I was called 'deliberately barren': Julia Gillard on the challenges women face in leadership roles


I was called ‘deliberately barren’: Julia Gillard on the challenges women face in leadership roles
Updated Dec 18, 2020 | 14:23 IST
Being in the hot seat can be an exhilarating experience. But do women get a raw deal compared to men even in the most powerful positions? Who better than former Australian PM Julia Gillard to answer that!
Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard  |  Photo Credit: AP
Julia Gillard, a former lawyer, served as the Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Labor Party from 2010 to 2013. She is the first and only woman to hold the positions of Deputy Prime Minister, Prime Minister and leader of a major party in Australia. But her stint in politics she resigned from active politics in 2013  was anything but easy. In her new book ‘Women and Leadership: Real Lives, Real Lessons’, which she has co-authored with former Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, she brings out the ....

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